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On a February 2021 episode of her podcast Empty Insidethe iCarly alum told the guest Anna Faris that she decided to stop acting a few years ago and is now focused on opportunities in writing and directing, in addition to hosting the podcast.

“My experience with acting is that I’m so ashamed of the parts I’ve done in the past,” revealed Jennette, who detailed her experience in her 2022 memoir I’m glad my mother died. “I feel so inadequate because of the roles I played and felt that it was the most cheesy, embarrassing. I did the shows I was on from 13 to 21, and by 15, I was already shy My friends at 15, they’re not like, ‘Oh, cool, you’re on this Nickelodeon show. It was embarrassing.”

Although she has not completely written off a second act. “I feel like just writing the book has gotten me to a place where I think there might be a way to explore acting that doesn’t carry the baggage I’ve carried with me for so long ,” she told E! News in October 2022. “Maybe if I write something for myself. I think that really might be one of the only ways to try again.”